At 11:34 PM 9/16/1998 -0300, you wrote: >On Wed, Sep 16, 1998 at 08:11:51PM -0500, Kent West wrote: >> Okay; I give up on the documentation. Maybe someone on the list can help. >> >> I've got a minimal Debian 2.0 system up and running (base install from the >> floppies and that's it). I've run pppconfig and told it to create a >> connection named "bub". I haven't found any documentation that tells me how >> to use this connection. I've found several references to running pon, or >> pppd, and references to chatscript and provider and etc etc etc. >> >> I've figured out that if I just type pon the system tries to use the >> "provider" connection (which doesn't work, presumably because the >> "provider" files aren't properly configured - it gives an error message >> about /dev/modem being an unrecognized option). But if I type pon bub >> (which is what I would have thought would've used the "bub" connection), >> all that happens is the system thinks for a couple of seconds and then >> returns me to a prompt. There's no modem activity or messages or anything. > >If you are not running "pon bub" as root, then the problem appears to >be related to wrong permissions on the system files and the requirement >for users using pppd to be in the proper group (/etc/group): > > The ppp files permissions under Debian 2.0 should look like this: > > drwx--x--- 2 root dip /etc/chatscripts/ > -rw-r----- 1 root dip /etc/chatscripts/provider > drwx--x--- 5 root dip /etc/ppp/ > -rw------- 1 root root /etc/ppp/options > -rw------- 1 root root /etc/ppp/pap-secrets > -rw------- 1 root root /etc/ppp/chap-secrets > drwx--x--- 2 root dip /etc/ppp/peers/ > -rw-r----- 1 root dip /etc/ppp/peers/provider > -rws--x--- 1 root dip /usr/sbin/pppd > -rwxr-x--- 1 root dip /usr/bin/pon > -rwxr-x--- 1 root dip /usr/bin/poff > crw------- 1 root root /dev/ttyS2 > > Put the users who are to bring up a ppp link in the dip group. > > As shipped Debian 2.0 has /etc/chatscripts like this: > > drwx------ 2 root dip /etc/chatscripts/ > > This is a known bug -- wrong permissions on /etc/chatscripts/. > > (quoted from a message on debian-user) > > >-- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jack Kern Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Debian GNU/Linux
I am running it as root. Since this is a new installation, I decided to wipe the drive and do another install. I also decided to stick with the defaults and use the name "provider" instead of "bub". Now pon is doing the same thing; the system thinks for a minute and then returns me to the prompt. When I do a "ps a", it shows that "/usr/bin/ppd call provider" and "usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/provider" are running on tty S1 with a stat of S and a time of 0:00. If I wait a couple of minutes and do another "ps a", they are no longer there. The permissions on the files (just after the new install) are as follows: drwxr-s--- 2 root dip /etc/chatscripts/ -rw-r----- 1 root dip /etc/chatscripts/provider drwx------ 5 root root /etc/ppp/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root /etc/ppp/options -rw------- 1 root root /etc/ppp/pap-secrets -rw------- 1 root root /etc/ppp/chap-secrets drwxr-s--- 2 root dip /etc/ppp/peers -rw-r----- 1 root dip /etc/ppp/peers/provider -rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip /usr/bin/pppd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root /usr/bin/pon -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root /usr/bin/poff crw-rw---- 1 root dialout /dev/ttyS1 I notice the permissions aren't quite the same as what you listed, so I'll try playing with those in a few minutes. I can "echo ATDT<phonenum> > /dev/ttyS1" and I can hear the modem dial and the phone in the other room ring. Then I can "echo ATZ > /dev/ttyS1" and it hangs up, so I know the hardware is working. I'll send another message to the list in response to John Hasler with a listing of some of the pertinent files. Thanks! =========================================================== Kent West | Technology Support/ | Abilene Christian University | Voice: 915-674-2557 FAX: 915.674.6724 | ACU Station, Box 29005 | E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Abilene, TX 79699-9005 | Ham: KC5ENO, General | ===========================================================
